Central High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Uhr Munn Hara nf liatin ROFESSOR DODSWORTH rang the last bell at - - 8:30 o'clock for the boys and girls of the small, but industrious village-school of Mossville, to take their seats. Notable among these was a sturdy looking lad of sixteen, who lagged behind and With head bent low, seemed to be in deep meditation. He was not a handsome boy, but had a very striking and honest coun- tenance, which in the long run counts more than anything, even if he had the lineaments of Apollo and the Wisdom of Solomon. This boy, Who Was known by the name of Theodore Yates, walked quietly into the school-room, and without his customary Good morning to the teacher, took his seat. ' A After the opening exercises were finished, the Latin class was called for recitation. There were only five pupils in this class, four boys and one girl. Oh! that girl. She was the cause of Theodore's sad face. This young lady, as all girls call themselves at her age, was very pretty with the complexion of arosy-faced child of three years. She Wore glasses, not because she Was near or far-sighted, but because her eyes Were Weak. The glasses,hoWever, did not injure the divine hue, as Theodore called it, or alter fthe bevvitching glances which she shot at him Whenever he turned in his seat. They all seated themselves on the recitation bench, and the lesson began. The lesson for to-day, began Professor Eodsvvorth, is the Latin exercise on page fifty-three, Evelyn, for this was the name of Theodore's fiancee, you may read the first sentence. Evelyn arose and began, Puella puerum amat, the girl loves the boy. Correct, you may sit down, said Professor Dods- - 24

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Juninr Gilman Qbliirrra PRESIDENT-Martin Boyer, Jr VICE-PRESIDENT-Miss Erwin Kerr SEC. AND TREAS.-Miss Elizabeth Bomar fllllvmhrra Ulhman S. Alexander Miss Kate Graham DeWitt R. Austin Edward Y. Keesler Miss Mary B. Bloom Miss M. Erwin Kerr Miss Elizabeth C. Bomar Miss Virginia T. Lillard Martin E. Boyer, Jr. Giles Mebane Long Miss Olive Brice Miss Ilavveese McCaus1and John W. Carr Fred McCall William K. Carr Miss Ruby L. Polk Miss Isabel C. Chapman L. Morrow Russell Heriot Clarkson, Jr. Miss Julia M. Smith Miss Dora Davis Miss Mary C. Smith Edward W. DeArmon Miss Louise B. Spong Miss Anna Belle Dowd Miss Martha C. Squires Miss Emily Durham Miss Kathleen R. Steere John Wm. S. Gilchrist W. Wayte Thomas D. Caldwell Young 23

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worth. Now, Theodore, can you give me a sentence with same form of sum as the verb ? Yes, sir, answered Theodore quickly, for construct- ing Latin sentences was his favorite diversion. So he arose and looking Evelyn squarely in the face, said, Amor caecus est, love is blind. Evelyn blushed and turned her head away, pretending to look up some word in the voca- bulary. The teacher only said, Very good, Theodore. After this the recitation went on smoothly. The lesson having been assigned, the pupils returned to their seats. As Theodore passed Evelyn, she slipped a note in his hand. When he got to his seat he looked at the note. His heart gave a joyful bound, for there on the outside of the note, was the pet name 'fshe had given him, Ted. He opened and read: Dear Ted- What is the matter with you to-day. Lovingly, g EVELYN. Theodore picked up his pencil and wrote back as follows: Evelyn- Don't call me Dear Ted. You know as well as Ido what's the matter with me. You may think that I care whether you go with other boys or not, but you are wrong. I don't care. Maybe I am talking too harsh, but you haven't the heart of a boy and you hardly know what jealousy means. I don't see why young girls your age want to go with boys three or four years their senior, but I suppose they have a perfect right to choose their asso- ciates. I will close before I say something that I will afterwards regret. Here his name was signed in big, scrawling letters, Theodore Yadkin Yates. Scarcely had he finished this note, when they were dismissed for a thirty minutes recess. The line was formed and Theodore chose his accustomed place as the last boy in the boy's line, next to the girls. 25